Movie Review!

**Warning:  There are probably spoilers ahead.  I won't be able to stop myself** 

So, I saw The Dark Knight on Friday.  It was freaking SWEET.  Seriously, I'm pretty sure I could not have been more impressed with that movie, and particularly Heath Ledger's performance of the Joker.  See for me, the Batman/Joker dynamic is one of the best in all the comic book movies.  And they did an amazing job with the story in the movie, and Ledger's portrayal of the Joker was incredible.  It made the movie, and I really believe there's no way they can top that so they shouldn't even try to make a 3rd installment.  It also makes me sad all over again about Heath Ledger dying.  Such a talented actor, such a waste.

Anyway, the performance (in my opinion) totally blew Jack Nicholson's Joker out of the water.  There was no comparison (though I should tell you straight away that I really don't like Jack Nicholson that much, so I could be biased to begin with).  But with Nicholson the Joker always felt more calculated, and that there was a line somewhere he wouldn't cross.  Not with this one.  You expected nothing and everything to happen every time he was on the screen, he was a total psychopath, anything was possible.  I also enjoyed that they didn't try to humanize him in any way, there was no back story, no "real name" given, nothing like that.  To me, a comic book villain should just be evil.  I don't really want to know why he/she does what he/she does, it takes away from the fear they're supposed to inspire in you.  I really can't say enough about why it was so great, it just was.  I can't wait to see it again.

I liked the way they handled the Harvey Dent/Two Face angle, it fit perfectly with the arc this series of Batman movies is going with, I thought they effect they did with Aaron Eckhart's face after it was burned was pretty incredible (reminiscent of the Tales from the Crypt guy who always creeped me way out).  They also did some things that I really didn't see coming.  Like at all.  I still don't really believe they killed off the Rachel Dawes character, even though it was pretty perfect for the pathology of both Two Face and Batman. 

It was just an all around great movie.  I loved, loved, loved it.  Who wants to go see it with me again?? :)